Publisher. A+E Networks. On this day in 1970, the legendary actor John Wayne wins his firstâand onlyâacting Academy Award, for his star turn in the director Henry Hathawayâs Western True Grit. Wayne appeared in some 150 movies over the course of his long and storied career.
Pellet fuel. Fuels for heating. Pellet fuels (or pellets) are biofuels made from compressed organic matter or biomass. Pellets can be made from any one of five general categories of biomass: industrial waste and co-products, food waste, agricultural residues, energy crops, and virgin lumber.
Seed pellets, sometimes called peat pellets, provide an alternative to the standard seedling pot when you start your garden transplants indoors. Jiffy, a brand of seed pellets, uses peat and coconut coir as the primary growing medium. In their dehydrated, compressed form, the pellets store well.With the addition of water, they quickly turn into a container and growing medium for your seedlings.lanting. Once hydrated, pellets perform just like a seedling pot filled with soil. Seeds are sown to the proper depth in the top of pellet, usually with two seeds planted in each pellet in case one seed fails to germinate.